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Name: ANBOTO-MENDI
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/05/1924
Completed: 06/1924
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 475
Dimensions: 6247grt, 3898nrt, 405.0 x 53.6 x 26.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 525nhp
Engines by: J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1924 Cia Naviera Sota y Aznar SA, Bilbao, Spain
1924 MV Stoomvaart Maatschappij "De Maas" (Phs van Ommeren NV); renamed KIELDRECHT
1932 Unterweser Reederei AG, Bremen; renamed BOCKENHEIM
11/04/1940 Sank
Comments: 09/04/1940: Purposely grounded by crew at Narvik
11/04/1940: Further damaged by gunfire from British Royal Navy
Post 1945: Wreck partly demolished
1995: Wreck remains still visible


Above photo as KIELDRECHT is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as KIELDRECHT is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as BOCKENHEIM is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as BOCKENHEIM is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as BOCKENHEIM is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as BOCKENHEIM is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as BOCKENHEIM is courtesy of Photoship